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... kind of poetic syntax is rare , for verse that is in any way dramatic is aimed at the ear , as syntax is not . Besides , so many other devices are available . Pope , for instance , when he puts direct speech in the mouths first of a ...
... kind of poetic syntax is rare , for verse that is in any way dramatic is aimed at the ear , as syntax is not . Besides , so many other devices are available . Pope , for instance , when he puts direct speech in the mouths first of a ...
Page 85
... kind . The clause which tells of the gust is itself " gradual " , for we have to wait for its verb , and the clause which tells of the ebbing air is itself " ebbing air " , for the reader is , or feels as if he were , out of breath . 5 ...
... kind . The clause which tells of the gust is itself " gradual " , for we have to wait for its verb , and the clause which tells of the ebbing air is itself " ebbing air " , for the reader is , or feels as if he were , out of breath . 5 ...
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... kind of attention and promises him in return a certain kind of profit . This advertisement may appear even in a title , or else it can emerge from certain easily recognized features of the verse as soon as the reading begins ; such are ...
... kind of attention and promises him in return a certain kind of profit . This advertisement may appear even in a title , or else it can emerge from certain easily recognized features of the verse as soon as the reading begins ; such are ...
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